Non-refillable bottle.



P. N. BOWNE 55 D. I. HAWKINS.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.14,1912. RENEWED MAR.1B, 1914.

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FREDERICK N. BOWNE AND DANIEL I. HAWKINS, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

hon-REFILLABLE sow-LE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J uno 30, 1914:.

Attention filed am 14, 1912, seem No. 683,900. Renewed March 18, 1914. Serial No. 825,514.

ToaZZ 67mm qitmag coat-era Be it knownthat we, Fnanaarok NIoi'roLs B'owNit and Dan'ihn I. Hawfitnvs', citizens of the United States of f America "and residents, respectively, of "Corona, in the borough of Queens, 'coiitity of Queehs, cityoir' New York, and State of New York, anvil Elmhurst, boro'ugh of Queehs, cou-h ty fo'fQueens, city of New York an d State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non -Refillable Bottles, of which th't following is a specification.

Our invention relates to theatre for pie; ve 'itihg the refilling of bottles, "or making the surreptitious filli'ng so difficult as to be unprofitable. In devices *ot' this kind it is H si b'le that the elements devised for preventing the refilling be such as to be readily produced in glass, and to enable the parts to he assenlbled and securely fastened in place within the neck of the bottle, and these ends we attain by a novel construction.

The invention will be particrd'ai'ily explained in the specific description 'iereinafter to be given.

Reference is to be had to the accompanyia'g eta-twinge roaming a part or this e eat fication, in which similar characters o l? res erence indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing our invention applied to a bottle neck, the latter being in section; Fig. 2 is a vertical section; Fig. 3 is a vertical section, the bottle neck and its appurtenances being shown tilted as when decanting the contents of a bottle; and Fig. 4 is a cross section on line M Fig. 2.

In producing a practical embodiment of our invention as illustrated, there is provided in the neck (A of the bottle a shell I) of inverted cup-shape, in the top 6 of which there are produced vertical outlet openings 5' leading outwardly from the hollow interior of the shell. -Within the shell Z) is fitted a bushing 0, both the shell and bushing being preferably formed of glass, and to that end the form is such as to make it e11- tirely feasible to mold these elements by the usual methods employed in molding lass.

D The bushing 0 has a through bore which is of reduced diameter at its inner end, while the upper end has formed, in the bore of the bushing, a series of preferablyparallel, vertical beads or ribs 0, provldmg an 5 as the valve 1 sa'g: will be annul'arseries of intervening spaces. To command the bore of the bushing c, a valve (Z is provided, which tapers in a downward direction from the upper end. or thereahout, and the bore of the bushing is formed with a corresponding upwardly flaring {valve seat 0" to conform to the tapered portion oi the valve, the valve seat being located a distance above the inner end of the bushing, and desirably at its approximate center. The valve seat is if hn'r'e diately adfaccnt to the lower ends of the heads a in the bore of the bhshmg 0, so that upon the valve *(Z leaving its scat, it will be guided in its axial inovelil ent by the said heads, the valve being eta diameter nt its upper end to be snugly received within the annular series of beads, so that thi'is moves axially, a free pasafi'oi'ded to the liquid conteiits through the inner end or the bore 'ofthe bushing 0 and thence aiound the valve (Z, to and t'l'irollgh the spaces intervening the beads; The upper 'end "e f "the bushing terminates below the top of the inverted"clip or shell 5, prtwidiiig "an ihterveniirg space a which extends laterally to the outlet openi ngs b thus establishing commrrnication "between the bore of the bushing and the said outlet openings, and completing the through passage for the liquid outwardly. The valve has connected therewith a pendulous weight; 6, preferably of glass, the connection being efl'ected through the medium of an articulated stem f. The pendulous weight tends by its gravity to maintain the valve (Z on its seat until the bottle is tilted, as indicated in Fig. 3, so that the pressure of the outflowing liquid against the valve (Z, will force the latter from its seat and permit outflow through the bushin and around the valve, as previously descrilled. The upper face of the weight (2, when the bottle is tilted, seats against the inner end of the bushing c, and. in order that when the weight is seated the liquid may flow outward, the upper end of the weight is made cruciform, the crossed members 0 having upwardly converging sides, thereby providing intervening openings for the outflow of the liquid when the weight is seated against the inner end of the bushing to limit the outward movement of the valve.

Any sluitable means may be employed to securely lock the shell or inverted cup in position in the bottle neck, and for maintaining the bushing in the shell; We have shown a bowed spring 9, the ends g whereof are inturned, as clearly shown in Fig. 1; mating annular recesses a .72 are formed in the neck a and in the shell Z) to receive said spring. The construction permits the spring to be pressed into the recess of the cup and the latter slipped into the neck until the spring is brought opposite the recess of the neck, to spring into the latter. Packing rings h and 2', preferably of cork, encircle the shell b above and below the locking device g, and similarly a packing ring j of cork may be employed between the shell and its bushing 0, the tight fit of the packing and its resilient property serving to hold the bushing in place.

It is to be noted that the bushing 0' is of essentially cylindrical form, while the cup I) is also essentially a cylinder closed at one end except for the outlet openings. Thus the'bushing with its interior ribs 0 and intervening parallel passages, and the equally simple inverted cup or shell 5 with its outlet openings are well adapted to be formed of glass at a minimum cost, and will provide a through passage for the ample outflow of the liquid. As the ribs and intervening passages from the bushing are out of register with the outlet openings 6 of the cup, tampering with the valve is made diflicult, or impossible; thus a practical and eflicient closure is provided by the simplest construction.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

In a means for preventing the refilling of bottles, a single integral shell in the form of an inverted cup formed with outlet openings in the top thereof, a bushing fitting within the cup, and held therein with its upper end spaced below the inner side of the top of the cup, the bushing having a bore contracted at its lower end, and formed at its upper end with an'annular series of spaced beads presenting intervening longitudinal passages, there being a valve seat within the bore, at the inner end of the said beads and passages, and a valve adapted to said seat, the valve being capable'of axial movement and of a size at its upper end to be snugly guided by the series of beads, the passages and ribs of the bushing being out of alinement with the outlet openings in the top of the cup, and the space between the inner side of the top of the cup and the upper end of the bushing establishing communication between the outlet openings and the bore and passages of the bushings.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK N. 'BOWNE. DANIEL I. HAWKINS.

Witnesses MARK WEINBERG, J AY LEISER.

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